— 984 — 
167.B.Bolenderi Lesquereux. 
Differs from the last: Leaves loosely disposed more patent. 
Capsule thicker more inclined. Tufts looser. Paroecious or 
dioecious. Amer. r. Can.: Macoun. 
168.B.longibraeteatum Brotherus. — Pohlia Broth.; Bryum 
Kindb. 
Leaves linear-lanceolate short-acuminate distant long-decurrent. 
Male flowers discoid; perigonial leaves long linear-lanceolate. 
Tufts loose glaucous green. Capsules unknown. Dioecious, — 
Amer. r.. U. S. Oregon: Roell. 
.B. Upper leaves faintly serrate reflexed nearly all around; 
costa subpercurrent or short-excurrent. Capsule suboblong; 
cilia rudimentary. 
169.B.erassidens Lindberg. — Pohlia Lindb.; Bryum Kindb. 
Lower leaves small ovate apiculate not reflexed, distant, 
finally red; upper sublinear-lanceolate acuminate green silky 
glossy. Capsule often suberect. Tufts often dense. Male plants 
less radiculose; leaves gradually larger upwards; flowers discoid. 
Dioecious. — Alp. rocks.r. Eur. Norway: N. Bryhn. Sweden: 
E. Nyman, 
2. Nutantiformia. 
A. Sterile stems us. with bud-like propagula. Leaves loosely 
disposed, only the uppermost glomerate; cells somewhat dilated. 
Dioecious r. fruiting. Stems not or loosely tufted. 
170.B.annotinum Hedwig. — Webera Bruch. 
Capsule suboblong red-yellow; teeth yellow; pedicel pale red. 
Uppermost leaves narrowly ovate-lanceolate or sublinear-subulate, 
sometimes decurrent; lower subovate-oblong not decurrent, not 
appressed when dry. Bulbilli us. red. — Sandy or clayey soil. 
Eur. not common. Sweden, Norway! Amer. r. Greenl: Berg- 
gren. Can.: Macoun. 
17i.B.proligerum Lindberg. — Pohlia Lindb.; Bryum Kindb. 
Capsule broad-oval dark brown-red; teeth brown-yellow; pe- | 
dicel purplish. Leaves broader than in the last, more erect 
when dry. Bulbilli us. greenish, — Sand. or clay. Eur. 
probably not r. Switzerl., Sweden! Norway!; S. O. Lindberg and 
E. Nyman. | 
B. Stem without bulbilli. Leaves crowded, at least the 
upper of fertile stems; cells narrow. Tufts us. dense. 
a, Upper leaves serrate, Us, paroecious. Capsule with 
apiculate lid, kn ah Me 
